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332 reviews

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual harassment

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Stalking

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Rape

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

Couplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Blubber by Judy Blume

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Gaslighting

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment